Cloud&Heat is operating various micro data centers in Germany that will be used as the basis for demonstrating the SunRISE technologies. As part of SunRISE, Cloud&Heat operates two data center containers (DCC), which are located at Vattenfall’s site. They are equipped with sensors and actuators to monitor the status of the container, the data center hardware (such as computing racks, servers, etc.) and its water cooling system.

In the scope of the SunRISE project, the partners leverage the existing infrastructure for an innovative IoT use case. In the underlying scenario, the data center sites are used for storing and processing data from the sensors and evaluate the security status of the container. In this use case, the SunRISE technology is applied for security-hardening of the overall edge-cloud infrastructure. As soon as the SunRISE technology detects attacks, data leakages, or safety issues at a single or multiple edge devices within the infrastructure, patterns and models for addressing these issues are derived. The available information is then propagated across the edge-cloud infrastructure to instantly update all relevant data center sites and, thus making the entire system resistant to future attacks previously classified as security threats.